Political Analyst Louis Igoumenides yesterday told the Cyprus Mail he believed the main reason for the change in attitude was the Tassos Papadopoulos government.
The technical term for the above statement would be "bollocks!".
Igoumenidis is a known opponent of Papadopoulos and supporter of the disgraceful Annan plan.
The reasons for the change in attitude was PURELY the Annan plan.
For the past 30 years GCs understood the definition of "unification" to mean precisely that. i.e living together in ONE country, anywhere in this country, with the right to go back home, with one government, where all citizens are equal etc and with TCs having the rights of a protected 18% minority together with some local/regional autonomy (i.e. at the local authority level).
The Annan plan made them realise for the FIRST time the meaning of the "unification" that rogue politicians (like Vasiliou and Clerides) have been negotiating on their behalf for years, behind their backs and without their authorisation.
The Annan-plan "unification" gives the TCs the best of both worlds and the GCs the worst of both worlds.
As I have explained in numerous posts, partition on the basis of proportionality (i.e. fair land sharing - at least 80:20) is infinitely better for GCs than the Annan plan or ANY solution that is based on or even slightly resembles the Annan plan.
More and more GCs are realising that this is the only way forward. The only people who do not (or pretend so) are the politicians..
The 80% Party (the formation of which I announced recently) is getting bigger!